Straight Mountain Home for Children + Adolescent, Germany by Juergen Mayer H. Architects

Architects: J. MAYER H. Architects + Sebastian Finckh
Location: Hamburg-Bergedorf, Germany
Project Team: Juergen Mayer H. , Sebastian Finckh (Project-Architect), Marcus Blum
Client: Stiftung “Unternehmer Helfen Kindern”, Vorstand: Andreas Barke
Project Year: 2007-2008
Architect on site: Arch 3, Dirk Reinisch, Berlin
Structural Engineers: WTM Engineers, Hamburg
Landscape Architects: Breimann & Bruun, Hamburg
Photographs: Dirk Fellenberg



Located near the edge of the forest in Hamburg, a new residential building is now finished as a home for children and adolescents. The characteristics of the building are based on a two colour relief facade embracing a compact house volume. A central staircase penetrates the division between floors in favour of communication to create a central open space for the community.